• Comparing different types of peer review
  • Benefits and flaws
  • The process
  • Critical reading of a manuscript
  • The peer review debate: (not only) a quest for more transparency in the process
  • What does it take to be a referee?

References

Tennant J (2020) Time to stop the exploitation of free academic labour. European Science Editing 46: e51839. https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2020.e51839

Tennant, J.P., Ross-Hellauer, T. The limitations to our understanding of peer review. Res Integr Peer Rev 5, 6 (2020). doi.org/10.1186/s41073-020-00092-1

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